常用的關聯詞有:though(雖然),although(雖然),as(盡管,雖然),even if(即使),even though(即使),however(不管怎樣),whatever(無論什麽),whoever(無論誰),no matter when(how,what,who,where,which)[無論何時(怎樣,什麽,誰,何地,哪個)],whether…or(不管……),等。如:
Air exists everywhere although we can’t see it.
盡管我們看不見空氣,但它卻無處不存在。
No matter where you go on the earth,you will feel the gravity.
無論你走到地球的什麽地方,你都會感覺到地引力。
We’ll start our meeting on time whether he comes or not.
無論他來不來,我們將準時開會。
Even if we are approaching the end of the experiment,we still have no time to lose.
即使我們即將完成試驗,我們依然要分秒必爭。
注意:當as引導讓步狀語從句時,從句往往放在主句的前麵,而且用作讓步的部分總是提前到句首。如:
Old as he is,he is still energetic.
盡管他上了年紀卻還是依然精力充沛。(表語作為讓步的內容,因此提前了)
Try as he might,he couldn’t solve the problem.
盡管他很努力但還是無法解決這個問題。(謂語提前了)
Much as you suspected him,you couldn’t provide powerful evidence.
雖然你非常懷疑他,但是你卻無法提供有力的證據。
(狀語作為讓步的內容,因此提前了)